Letters To Poseidon

Author: Laura Watkinson Cees Nooteboom
Publisher: Quercus Publishing
Category: Biography, Memoirs
Book Format: Paperback

A memoir of reflections and pictures by one of the great European novelists I had been looking for someone to write to for a long time, but how does a man write letters to a god? From his Mediterranean garden on the island of Menorca, Cees Nooteboom writes to the trident-wielding deity, Poseidon, initiating a dialogue not only with the past, as Alberto Manguel observes in his Preface, but with an entire world that seemed lost for ever. Offering a seductive interweaving of keen observation and the fruits of a vast knowledge, Nooteboom explores questions of human existence through the minutiae of the living world around him, and marvels at the secrets of the deep. He recalls figures in history, places he has travelled to, objets trouvés, works of art and literature, and takes a fresh look at the ancient myths. At once playful and poignant, beautiful and bizarre, Nooteboom's Letters to Poseidon are couched in the glittering prose of one of Europe's outstanding stylists.

Cees Nooteboom was born in The Hague in 1933, and now lives in Amsterdam and on the island of Minorca. He is a poet, a novelist and a travel writer whose books include Rituals (1983), The Following Story (1994), Roads to Santiago (1997) and All Souls' Day (2001).

About Cees Nooteboom
Cees Nooteboom was born in The Hague in 1933, and now lives in Amsterdam and on the island of Minorca. He is a poet and novelist who has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards such as the Pegasus Prize and the Aristeion Prize for his novels, which include Rituals (1983), The Following Story (1994), and All Souls' Day (2001). His books of travel writing, Roads to Santiago (1997) and Roads to Berlin (2012) have become backlist classics.

(BK-9781782066200)

SKU BK-9781782066200
Barcode # 9781782066200
Brand Quercus Publishing
Artist / Author Laura Watkinson Cees Nooteboom
Shipping Weight 0.3000kg
Shipping Width 0.131m
Shipping Height 0.021m
Shipping Length 0.197m
Assembled Length 19.700m
Assembled Height 2.100m
Assembled Width 13.100m
Type Paperback

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